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Philosophy, Hellenicity, Law: Porphyry on Origen, Again

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 September 2012

Aaron P. Johnson
Aaron P. Johnson*
Affiliation:
Lee University*
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Abstract

Porphyry's criticism of Origen (in c.Christ. fr. 39 Harnack) is usually interpreted as expressive of the ‘double apostasy’ accusation: Christians had not only abandoned their pagan religious traditions (‘Hellenism’) but also their new religious host, Judaism, whose texts they misappropriated for themselves. Reading key elements of the fragment within Porphyry's broader philosophical thought prompts suspicion of this cultural interpretation of the fragment, and instead points to a serious Platonic reaction to Christianity.

Keywords

PorphyryOrigenHellenismEusebius
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Hellenic Studies , Volume 132 , November 2012 , pp. 55 - 69
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies 2012

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